This document discusses governance approaches for sustainability. It defines governance as "the act of governing" and notes a shift from styles focused on institutions and power to those emphasizing stakeholders and relationships. It describes different governance models including corporate, network, and community governance. It advocates a multi-actor approach that engages government, businesses, and citizens to coordinate sustainability efforts through networks and collaborative relationships.

1. Governance for C2C
An introduction to
„governance‟
for sustainability:
what and why?
July 12th 2010 Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

2. Governance
Governance:
 “the act of governing”
 “shifting pattern in
styles of governing”
Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

3. Governance
Corporate governance
Relational governance
Network governance
Self-governance
New public management
Public-private
partnerships
Community
governance Good governance
New governance
Global governance
Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

4. Governance
‘Government’ ‘Governance’
 Institutions  Stakeholders
 Legitimate power  Legitimate interests
 Positional / legal  Relational /
 Political commitment
bureaucracy  Community
 …  …
Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

5. Governance
Governance Governance
within ‘government’ beyond ‘government’
 „Good governance‟,  „Network governance‟,
„new public manage- „collaborative gover-
ment„ nance‟, „multi-actor‟
 New quality standards:  Revised approach to
efficient, transparent, governing: actors,
accountable partnerships,
dispersed initiatives
 Structure unchanged  Structure diversified
Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

6. Governance
Governance Governance
within ‘government’ beyond ‘government’
„government‟
„multi-actor‟
„participation‟
„civil society‟
Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

7. Multi-actor governance
‘Government’ ‘Governance’
A double shift:
 The actors involved:
 From government & society
 To multiple stakeholders
 The organizing principles:
 From procedural: structures, roles and rules
 To relational: reciprocal commitments
Johan Hovelynck – Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group

8. Mechanisms of coordination
 Market
 “Entrepreneurs will achieve sustainability through
technological innovations in response to scarcities”
 But: externalities, tragedy of the commons
 Hierarchy
 “Government has to enforce sustainability”
 But: steering capacity of government limited
 Networks / multi-actor governance
 Sustainability needs a coordinated effort from
government actors, business actors and civil society
actors
Art Dewulf – Cradle to Cradle Network –

9. Good C2C practices
 Require eco-effective design
 Technological innovation
 Investment
 …
 Requires business-government-citizen triangle
reconfigured for recycling
 Supply chain re-engineering
 Enabling legislation
 Citizen initiatives
 …
 Requires large-scale application/impact
 Market share
 Sector-wide changes
 …
Art Dewulf – Cradle to Cradle Network –

10. Multi-actor governance
 Transition management  Innovate now for
kl change on the long
term
 Network governance  Mobilize and tweak
lml existing networks
 Social learning  Create spaces for
klklklklkkll dialogue
 Adaptive governance  Be prepared for an
klkl uncertain future
 Multi-actor  Negotiate with your
collaboration jkj adversaries
 Policy agenda setting  Recognize windows of
opportunity
Art Dewulf – Cradle to Cradle Network –

11. Conditions for innovation in networks
 Creating „new connections‟
 Business alliances, public-private partnerships, …
 Platforms for committed partners: „minimal
structures‟
 Between understructured and overstructured
 Social learning: „communities of practice‟
 Learn from reflection on practice
 „Loose couplings‟ between innovation networks
and power networks
(Termeer & Kranendonk, 2009)
Art Dewulf – Cradle to Cradle Network –

12. New strategies for government actors
 Keying
 Tuning innovations and existing regulations
 Improvising
 Trying out new things, pushing the boundaries
 Certifying
 Noticing and publicly supporting innovative
activities
 Integrating
 Incorporating innovations into existing
organizational identities and procedures
Art Dewulf – Cradle to Cradle Network –

13. Dilemma‟s and tensions
 Change versus stability
 innovating versus structuring
 Humility versus heroism
 long term processes versus pressure to score
 Networks versus transparency
 complexity versus accountability
 Governing innovation versus innovating
governance
 new ideas versus usual routines
Art Dewulf – Cradle to Cradle Network –

14. Governance in C2C
C2CN governance framework
 will be mailed to you
 will be available at
the C2CN website
Thanks for your attention!
Keep an eye on governance ;-)
Johan Hovelynck – Art Dewulf – Koen Siips
Cradle to Cradle Network – Cycloop group